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DERPIn Project: Precision Tools for Better Decision-Making

Akademiya 2063 and the Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO) held a virtual meeting to review the implementation progress of the DERPIn project, with active participation from PAFO’s Regional Farmer Organizations (RFOs). This ambitious two-year project spans five African countries—Benin, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda, and Senegal—and aims to transform agriculture through data-driven decision-making and strategic policy dialogues. The DERPIn project focuses on equipping farmers with tools that address their real needs, making them accessible and practical for enhancing agricultural practices. With contributions from national research partners, the project prioritizes critical areas like crop mapping, yield forecasting, nutrient adequacy, and climate condition analysis. These analytical outputs are crucial for strengthening farmers’ resilience and improving their decision-making processes. AKADEMIYA2063 leads the development of these tools, while PAFO ensures their relevance and accessibility to farmers. The project brings together various stakeholders, from farmers to policymakers, to establish a comprehensive framework for sustainable agricultural development. Capacity building and policy dialogues are also key components, expected to gain momentum in the coming months. Country Updates Innovations in Agricultural Mapping and Nutrient Analysis The presentation highlighted innovative practices, such as crop mapping using remote sensing and GIS technology. The study of nutrient adequacy and its economic aspects is also a priority, providing valuable insights to optimize crop productivity while maintaining soil health. A central theme of the meeting was the importance of capacity-building initiatives tailored to the needs of farmers, from smallholders to commercial operators. Discussions emphasized the significance of strategic policy dialogues, involving key partnerships and leveraging digital platforms. The DERPIn project represents a model of innovation and collaboration for African agriculture. By integrating research with field practices, the project is poised to deliver significant improvements in crop management and agricultural policy formulation. As new actors join the initiative, the vision of a resilient, data-informed agricultural sector is becoming more attainable.

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DERPIn Project Meeting

PAFO recently organized a virtual discussion meeting to review the implementation of the “Digitally Enabled Resilience and Nutrition Policy Innovations” (DERPIn) project. The virtual meeting provided a platform for stakeholders to discuss the project’s progress and challenges, ensuring that the project remains on track to achieve its goals of enhancing agricultural decision-making and advocacy efforts by farmers’ organizations. The project aims to enhance agricultural decision-making and advocacy efforts by farmers’ organizations through data-driven insights and digital solutions. The project focuses on two main objectives:

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Launch Event of “DERPIn” project

Wednesday, February 22, KIGALI – AKADEMIYA2063 and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) are hosting an event in Kigali to mark the launch of the Digitally Enabled Resilience and Nutrition Policy Innovations (DERPIn) Project. The project will leverage advances in digital infrastructure, big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify innovative and lower-cost solutions to increase the resilience of food systems and communities to climatic shocks and stressors. The project is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It is supported through the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) and, implemented by AKADEMIYA2063 on behalf of, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. “With DERPIn, AKADEMIYA2063 proposes the development of a suite of digital solutions to support policy innovations at the intersection of climate change and food and nutrition security in Africa,” said Dr. Ousmane Badiane, AKADEMIYA2063’s Executive Chairperson. “We are delighted to be implementing this project on behalf of GIZ and, optimistic that our collaboration with PAFO will drive the creation of integrated, customizable, and context-specific products and services to guide action by food system actors across the project countries.” Over three years and initially targeting five African countries – Benin, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda, and Senegal – the solutions proposed in this project will derive from participatory approaches that involve local stakeholders and beneficiaries in the content and format of services and products to ensure relevance and increase accessibility and use. Key target stakeholders range from the government to the private sector, and non-State actors, in particular, smallholder farmers. “The Digitally Enabled Resilience and Nutrition Policy Innovations (DERPIn) Project will facilitate the production and use of relevant data, analytics, and digital solutions to guide government planners and private sector operators, including smallholder farmers and their organizations, to craft adapted, gender-sensitive, and impactful policies and programs to advance food systems transformation and enhance resilience to shocks,” said Dr. Babafemi Oyewole, PAFO’s CEO.  “The partnership between PAFO and AKADEMIYA2063 will also facilitate collaboration between the two institutions to improve the policy environment for the agricultural sector and build the capacity of African farmers’ organizations to make evidence-based agriculture and investment decisions and to engage effectively in policy dialogue, mutual learning, and accountability process under the CAADP,” he added. More information

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PAFO- AKADEMIYA2063 Partnership: Support Data and Knowledge Needs of African Farmers

AKADEMIYA2063, represented by its Executive Chairperson, Dr. Ousmane Badiane, and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO), represented by its President, Mr. Kolyang Palebele, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  on Friday, February 11, 2022. The MOU, signed during a virtual ceremony, will facilitate collaboration around the generation of data and knowledge for use by African farmers to drive evidence-based farming and investment decisions as well as effective engagement of farmers in policy dialogue, review, mutual learning, and mutual accountability processes of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP).  Link

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